<div>Welcome to the 217th issue of the HWN, a newsletter covering</div><div>developments in the Haskell community during the week of February 19 to</div><div>25, 2012.</div><div><br></div><div>You can find the HTML version of this issue at:</div>

<div><a href="http://contemplatecode.blogspot.com/2012/02/haskell-weekly-news-issue-217.html">http://contemplatecode.blogspot.com/2012/02/haskell-weekly-news-issue-217.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Quotes of the Week</div>

<div><br></div><div> * nand`: oh, wait, ANSI is the physical layout</div><div><br></div><div> * cmccann: some programmers have a problem to solve and think &quot;I</div><div> know, I need an existential type.&quot; now they have another problem,</div>

<div> but can&#39;t solve it because all they know about it is that the</div><div> problem exists.</div><div><br></div><div> * Philippa: The only data type is Nat! (Which succs).</div><div><br></div><div> * hpc: peano arithmetic SSSSZ life</div>

the foot this way in Haskell, it can be done; but there is no</div><div> reason Haskell should make it *easy* to do so. That&#39;s C&#39;s</div><div> superpower. :)</div><div><br></div><div>Top Reddit Stories</div>